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Anyone miss Graphic EQs on amps?

#81
Turn knobs is my thing and prefer 4 band EQ's.

NOT a friend of 3 band EQ's. If you play in a band and you often change places the 4 bands EQ is the best.

Graphic EQ's are old fetish. It looked cool when they were introduced to the market. New fetish are the old fashioned knobs EQ's.

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#82
I dig graphic EQs - wish there more more out there. The last one I had was in an Ampeg/Crest rack I had in the late 90s.

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#85
Absolutely! Especially the old Ashdown MK500s! Thankfully now they came out with the 12Band600 (one of my favorite amps). But there are still some good options like the Darkglass and Ampeg stuff. Pretty sure Warwick made some graphic amps back in the day too. Wonder if they are still around?
 
#86
Man, I remember spending hours in college with my new Peavey TKO-115 combo, making notes/cheat sheets of various slider configs in a notebook before settling on my preferred curve. Good times. FTR I always used what I called 'an asymmetrical frown' because I like mids and did/do not like the super-scoop smiley face eq.

But yeah, now, having a parametric mid-sweep gets me where I need to be and it's probably more efficient time-wise. Plus it's a LOT easier to remember where you had 3-4 knobs set than trying to remember how you had 7 sliders set if they get tweaked/moved.
 
#88
It's either Graphic or Parametric EQ for me. Those 3 or 4 knob EQs are a curse, since their voicing is way to wide to properly dial out interfering or distracting frequencies.

Any Amp manufactur reading this? I will pay any price, if someone builds me a class-d with a proper EQ section. 7 to 12 band graphic or something like the Empress ParaEQ MKII Deluxe.

(And please, please get rid of these Gimmicks like a Headphone out on a 500 Watt amp). :banghead:
 
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#90
Not bored with the Trace Elliot GP7 yet, will probably fiddle with those sliders for another 20+ years.
To me, they, the sliders, are just another venue of "creativity", same as any other thing that changes the sounds I make. Is just fun coming up with random patterns and shapes, accept whatever tone I get and see what I can do for it, rather than it for me. Either way, it's not the settings that make me sound bad, it's my hands.


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#91
Hard pass on the amp EQ controls. I have a modded GEB-7 that I use for a mid-punch when I need it. Used to use the integrated one on my SVT-II and it was sucky by comparison, even for that one task. Generally, i'm of the same mind as many on this thread.... the fewer things to fiddle with, the better. That goes for my basses, pedals, and my amps. I don't even want a master volume.
 
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superheavyfunk said:
Why do you think that's easier than turning a knob?
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Most amps with GEQs also have knobs for basic tone shaping. With a GEQ you can just look at it and know what it will sound like. With a semi-parametric EQ, especially with overlapping frequency ranges, you really have to look and do the math to see what frequencies are being cut or boosted.
 
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MultiScaleMale said:
Most amps with GEQs also have knobs for basic tone shaping. With a GEQ you can just look at it and know what it will sound like. With a semi-parametric EQ, especially with overlapping frequency ranges, you really have to look and do the math to see what frequencies are being cut or boosted.
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That makes sense. Never really thought about it, myself. Then again, I've only ever used an amp with a graphic eq once and that was backline so I didnt pay much attention to it.
 
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Klangfarbe said:
(And please, please get rid of these Gimmicks like a Headphone out on a 500 Watt amp). :banghead:
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Not to thread jack, but I completely disagree. My practice room is on the ground floor, we don't have a basement. 80-90% of my practice time is when the family is watching TV or sleeping and I can practice through headphones. I don't want to spend a couple hundred bucks on a pocket/practice amp when I can just plug aux in and headphone out to practice. Not having aux in and phone out is deal breaker for me.
 
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#99
I have the Darkglass Exponent. It solves one of the greatest problems I've always had with amps. I get everything set, and then in the transport to rehearsal or gig, the knobs or sliders move, and everything needs to be set again. On this head, it remembers where you had the knobs (shown by lights) for all five presets, regardless of where the knobs are. To me this is genius, I'm too old to try and remember where everything is set, especially for my solo shows. No sliders for me :)
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#100
MultiScaleMale said:
Most amps with GEQs also have knobs for basic tone shaping. With a GEQ you can just look at it and know what it will sound like. With a semi-parametric EQ, especially with overlapping frequency ranges, you really have to look and do the math to see what frequencies are being cut or boosted.
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GEQ's users tend remember the pattern that worked for them. The knob users learn by time how much they need to cut just by listening what is happening when turning the knobs. Different rooms require different settings on the EQ. Personally I am much for the knob and using the knob to get my tone. I don't even which frequency I am cutting, I just by listening get my tone. Bass and treble is easy. I usually spend more time on MID's. Maximum 5min if I haven't been in that place before and I have my tone.

That's how I work. Others do it differently and to be respected for that.

Cheers :thumbsup:
 
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